Strong's H6002 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק (ʻĂmâlêq)

Pronunciation: am-aw-lake'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Amalek = "dweller in a valley"

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

Definition: Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country

KJV Renderings: Amalek.

Senses

1. son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan
2. descendants of Amalek

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.